Contact with nonvenomous plant thorns and spines and sharp leaves (W60)
The ICD-10 code W60 covers injuries resulting from contact with nonvenomous plant thorns, spines, and sharp leaves. It specifically identifies incidents where the skin or body encounters these natural objects, which are not venomous but may cause pain or injury.
This section includes detailed codes to specify the stage and context of the injury: W60.XXXA for the initial encounter, W60.XXXD for subsequent care, and W60.XXXS for sequela, or complications arising from the original contact. Common terms linked with these codes include plant sting, nettle sting, contact with sharp leaves, and accidents caused by plant thorns or spines. Using these codes helps accurately document events such as a person pricked by a thorny branch or stung by a nettle leaf, distinguishing between first treatment and follow-up care. Medical coders searching for the ICD-10 code for plant-related injuries without venom can rely on the W60 series to capture this specific cause of injury efficiently and precisely.
External causes of morbidity and mortality (V01–Y99)
Exposure to animate mechanical forces (W50-W64)
W60 Contact with nonvenomous plant thorns and spines and sharp leaves
- W60.XXXA Contact with nonvenomous plant thorns and spines and sharp leaves, initial encounter
- W60.XXXD Contact with nonvenomous plant thorns and spines and sharp leaves, subsequent encounter
- W60.XXXS Contact with nonvenomous plant thorns and spines and sharp leaves, sequela
Contact with nonvenomous plant thorns and spines and sharp leaves (W60)
Instructional Notations
Type 1 Excludes
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes note. It means "NOT CODED HERE!" An Excludes1 note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as the code above the Excludes1 note. An Excludes1 is used when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
- Contact with venomous plants T63.7
7th Character Note
Certain ICD-10-CM categories have applicable 7th characters. The applicable 7th character is required for all codes within the category, or as the notes in the Tabular List instruct. The 7th character must always be the 7th character in the data field. If a code that requires a 7th character is not 6 characters, a placeholder X must be used to fill in the empty characters.
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to code W60
7th Character
Indicates that a seventh character is to be assigned to codes in a subcategory.
- A - initial encounter
- D - subsequent encounter
- S - sequela
